Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium is a stadium in Albany, New York, owned and operated by the Albany, SUNY. The stadium serves as home venue to school's football team, as well as their men's and women's soccer, and women's field hockey programs.
The stadium, with an initial seating capacity of 8,500 opened on September 14, 2013, when Albany made its debut in Colonial Athletic Association football against Rhode Island. It was renamed Bob Ford Field at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium in 2015 after Tom & Mary Casey gave a $10 million gift to the school. It replaced University Field as the school's current stadium.
Features
- 8,500 seats, including 629 chair-backs, bleachers, and a natural grass berm.
- Daktronics scoreboard with a 39’ by 22’ HD video display and point-source sound system behind the south end zone.
- Press level with four luxury suites, print media area, and booths for radio, television, coaches, and replay.
Attendance records
Football
Due to growing popularity and national recognition of lacrosse, the first-ever Albany Great Danes men's lacrosse game was held at Bob Ford Field on April 18, 2015. It was the first time since March 10, 2007 that a top-10 matchup was held in the Capital District, with #4 UAlbany defeating #10 Delaware 13–7. Since then, multiple top-25 in the nation games have been held there. The official seating capacity for lacrosse at Casey Stadium is 6,394.Lacrosse
Most home lacrosse games are played next door at John Fallon Field| Rank. | Date | Result | Event | |
| 1 | 6,472 | May 13, 2017 | 8 seed Albany 15, UNC 12 | 1st Round - NCAA Tournament |
| 2 | 4,823 | April 18, 2015 | 8 Albany 12, 7 Yale 11 | Spring Stomp |
| 3 | 4,800 | May 2, 2018 | 2 seed Albany 15, Richmond 9 | 1st Round - NCAA Tournament |
| 4 | 4,044 | March 31, 2018 | 1 Albany 13, Stony Brook 7 | |
| 5 | 3,688 | April 7, 2022 | Albany 14, Syracuse 12 | |
| 6 | 3,553 | April 20, 2018 | 2 Albany 18, Binghamton 7 | |
| 7 | 3,205 | April 22, 2017 | 5 Albany 13, 12 Yale 12 | Spring Stomp |
| 8 | 3,093 | April 12, 2017 | 6 Albany 11, 3 Maryland 12 | |
| 9 | 2,715 | March 4, 2018 | 1 Albany 11, Cornell 9 | |
| 10 | 2,583 | March 17, 2018 | 1 Albany 21, 14 Vermont 5 |